My Tender Matador

Among the many praiseworthy qualities of "My Tender Matador," the most notable is its honesty.

An intimate and classical portrait of two vastly different radicals.

A very fine adaptation of a treasured book. [Full review in Spanish]

A movie to refresh the need of a common revolution: to have a look in the past to go to the future [Full review in Spanish]

[Filmmaker Rodrigo Sepulveda] strikes a careful balance between political thriller and sensitive love story, which makes the film memorable and moving.

The film also benefits from excellent set design and costume work which brings the period and locations to life, fully formed.

This inspired recuperation of Lemebel at least recreates another rare opportunity to revisit the queer spaces and lives forgotten by both the oppressors and the liberators.

Without the dramatic complexity that the actor Alfredo Castro brings... possibly [My Tender Matador] would not have gone beyond an entertaining and picturesque anecdote. [Full review in Spanish]

Castro and Ortizgris work wonderfully together, their rapport an easy one, the truth of their potential relationship less important than the bonhomie they share.

Human stories like Tengo Miedo Torero put the viewer in a place like Santiago during this time and give us a very real sense of what it was like to live through it.